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Saturday, 30 November 2013

I am doing my first street market on the 1st December in Bungay, Chaucer Street, Suffolk. Ive always wanted to do an outside stall and show my ceramics outside in the open, so this year I have opted to do one. Cold as it may be Im going to brave it.
Here are some of the new things I will be taking.

My love of fusing glaze and glass continues. Our finished vino bottles getting put to good use. Smashed up and melted in my pots and bowls.Im not a "potter Potter" if that makes sense but my pots do seem to be getting larger and, indeed I am making, well, Pots!!This one is fruit bowl sized.

I love this verdigris glaze, its so rich, this pot is also fruit bowl sized.Getting Bigger!!

This is a teeny tiny ring bowl made from porcelain with turquoise glaze and a little melted glass.It measures just 5cm.

I made this bowl with thin strips of stoneware clay wrapped around itself, printed with textile blocks, its wonky but its my favourite one so Im going to keep it. Also fruit bowl sized with a little shot of cobalt and turquoise glaze and a few glass beads melted into the centre.

See how wonky it is!!It looks like a child made it.

Lastly, this one sold before it went to market but I will talk about it anyhow. I used the verdigris glaze again but this time on different clay body, another little hanging pot. Threaded with red leather strap which I think goes quite well with the green and brown tones. This one was chunky, the sides were about 1cm thick.

Monday, 18 November 2013

I am working more now and trying to juggle the school position with working from home, with the added pressure of work being done to my home. (I am currently sharing my workspace with the builders, its full of packaging and builders tools.

My kiln has become a shelf for drills, spanners, hammers you name it and its not really working out, well as far as working in my workshop, so Im back in my "nook" that I made last winter to escape the cold and still get my hands in clay. (see here for that post)

On the upside our lives are changing, our living space will finally be large enough to accommodate our growing family. Currently surrounded by mud, but here is our new space. Im calling it "my Church"

I wish I could say that this will be my new workshop, but sadly no, it will be the main living area of my home though.

Yuk!, this is really a horrible space now, it has become overrun with boxes and bubble wrap, which Im wading through day by day. Hopefully I will sell loads and it will all be gone by Christmas.

Small areas of my workbench I have some soap stands drying.I kind of have to see whether these will last with all the foot traffic through here!

Make shift shelves in the corner. My main shelves are full of tools and other things so Ive had to dry my work out everywhere and anywhere.Roll on spring!!

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